Why you should cut your Facebook use by 20 minutes each day: Scientists find spending less time on the app curbs depression and encourages people to exercise more Researchers studied 286 people who used Facebook around an hour a day Half carried on using Facebook as usual, while the other half cut to 20 minutes … Read more
Major Depressive Episode. That was what the doctor wrote on my medical record. It was August 10, 2014. The day before, some friends had pulled me up off the pavement outside the office block where I worked and manhandled me to the nearest hospital crisis centre. They’d come because I’d put a message on Facebook saying: … Read more
Facebook makes it easier for Britons to QUIT the social network with the launch of a new tool that allows users to move all their photos and videos to Google with a few clicks Facebook users can move their media directly to Google Photos with a few clicks The tool comes from Facebook’s partnership with … Read more
‘She’s playing her part well’: Married At First Sight’s Josh Pihlak CONFIRMS his split from Cathy Evans in a brutal Facebook post – as his family call her a ‘paid actress employed by producers’ By Joshua Fox For Daily Mail Australia Published: 20:13 GMT, 9 March 2020 | Updated: 20:51 GMT, 9 March 2020 Married … Read more
Our ancestors swapped pieces of ostrich eggshell jewellery 30,000 years ago in the same way we trade social media likes, or friendship bracelets, archaeologists claim. The items — shell fragments with holes bored in — would have acted as signs of the interpersonal connections that made up ancient social networks. Experts studying beads found in … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Australian government sues Facebook for allegedly disclosing 300,000 users’ personal data without their consent Australian Information Commissioner lodged proceedings against Facebook Facebook allegedly allowed survey app to access users’ personal information Facebook also allegedly let the app see data belonging to their friends The Federal Court can impose a civil penalty of up … Read more
Google and Facebook could face a full-blown investigation into their iron grip on digital advertising in a move that might even lead to the internet giants being broken up in the UK. The Mail on Sunday can reveal that senior staff at Britain’s competition watchdog are pushing for an investigation over concerns that the two … Read more
Facebook and Microsoft are among the US tech companies that have introduced new policies to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus this week. Facebook has told employees in its San Francisco Bay offices to stay at home and cancel all business trips due to the virus. The social network, which has thousands of offices … Read more
Facebook has announced that a contractor working in its Seattle headquarters has tested positive for coronavirus, as the disease continues to spread through Washington State. The employee was last in the social media giant’s Stadium East office in Seattle on February 21 – around 12 miles from the nursing home which is connected to at … Read more
Controversial facial recognition company, Clearview AI, is reportedly developing surveillance cameras and augmented reality glasses despite mounting public scrutiny over the company’s ethics. According to documents obtained by Buzzfeed News, Clearview AI is exploring the possibility of making surveillance cameras that use computer vision software to identify subjects by cross-referencing a database. Its database of … Read more